In the dog house...again!

[socal s&w]

My wife DOES mow the lawn........and with a push mower!

Anything that gets mowed is on her watch.

She's a good girl..........although I on the other hand am very capable, and do so on a regular basis, of getting into trouble sans an apple tree.

 

[Wayne02]

Unbenounced to me I had mowed down her little apple tree that she raised from just a seed 3 years ago.

Been there and done that, three times. One apple tree, one rare slow growing bush of some sort, and I crushed a bunch of Easter Lilly's with the excavator that were supposed to be 'saved'. Freaking Easter Lilly's, in the middle of 8 acres and I was supposed to know that they were to be saved?!?

Just lay low for a few days and it will pass. Whatever you do, don't offer to plant another one like I did. That just makes them madder.

 

[bmhiii]

It's not "now" that you have to worry about, that'll work out over a few days or so. Like another poster said, it's on your permenant record. You have the rest of your life to worry when the little bride will pull this incident out of the bag. Oh, it will happen....

 

[Dave from Pa]

Smitty, hate to say it,but this is what happens next. Only one way to get out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyduncFpzl4

 

[Smitty500Mag]

Thanks everybody for your suggestions. I think I'll pass on the suggestion to buy her a new spark plug for the mower or giving her a bag of apples. I can see bad things happening with that bag of apples just thinking about it.

And for the advice to just man up and tell her...that's just tough so get over it!! That one I will definitely pass on. Obviously a suggestion from someone that's never been in the line of fire of a woman's scorn! Plus if you want to say married that ain't gonna get it.

Actually she does mow the lawn most of the time it's her hobby and she likes the exercise she gets from it but yesterday I thought that it was just to hot for her out there and I asked her to let me mow. That's where I went wrong...Bad Idea! I should have stayed out of her territory. Cause anytime I try to make things better it always blows up in my face.

Anyway on the idea of buying her a new tree I would do that if it had been just any old tree but this one she raised from a seed which took a lot of loving care to get it up to the size big enough to plant outdoors. I'd have just had the local nursery set her one out big enough she could sit in the shade under in that situation but nooooo it had to be the only tree in the world I can't replace.

Well I guess the idea of taking her out to dinner at a nice restaurant will be a good place to start. Plus a few weeks of acting like the submissive wolf's do where they lay on their back and whine while the dominate wolf stands over them and growls might help also.

Smitty

 

[Smitty500Mag]

Smitty, hate to say it,but this is what happens next. Only one way to get out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyduncFpzl4

This has to be one of the best one's I seen in a while. Thanks.

Smitty

 

[Marshall 357]

No matter what you do,she is going to be mad at you.Until she lets it go. Did you forget you are dealing with a woman?

 

[Evil One]

And for the advice to just man up and tell her...that's just tough so get over it!! That one I will definitely pass on. Obviously a suggestion from someone that's never been in the line of fire of a woman's scorn! Plus if you want to say married that ain't gonna get it.

Smitty

Actually, I am very happily married... and thats how our marriage works.
If I am acting like an ass... I get told so... if she is... she gets told so.
Brutal honestly in the relationship is the ONLY way to go for us.
We always know where we stand with each other... there is no grey area.
Nothing hidden, nothing held back, and all the laundry is aired out daily.
We are the happiest we have ever been.
We both tried marriages the way most people do... it didnt work.
"Keeping it real" works for us.
We dont fight, nothing builds up to a slow boil... and then bursts.
I dont sneak guns into the house... if I buy something... I tell her. If she buys something... she tells me.

I honestly feel bad for the people who cant live like this.


Jim

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Smitty if she got this upset over a little old apple twig, you better hope she never finds out about the girlfriend

 

[deadin]

I think I'll pass on the suggestion to buy her a new spark plug for the mower or giving her a bag of apples. I can see bad things happening with that bag of apples just thinking about it.

You don't even want to imagine what she might do with the spark plug.
(Especially if you fall asleep.)

 

[Cobroller]

About 30 years ago I mowed a plum seedling my mother had transplanted from under great-grandpa's very good plum tree. This was just before that house was sold and the plum tree was pulled out. My mother still loves me, but she hasn't had a good plum in 30 years!

 

[buckeyeshooter1]

So where are all the female members with some sage advice? I can't help here as I don't have a wife and don't plant trees in the yard.

 

[beach elvis]

(with strained voice)...sanity...and...self-esteem...beginning to.......fail........must...reach...man...cave......

Good luck, bro.

 

[perrazi]

smitty,
i think you didn't start the training properly at the very beginning of the marraige. this should be a non-issue. it was stated previously, things happen,life goes on. let her abuse of you continue and it will be worse the next time something happens. if she holds that much hostility over a little tree, what will happen if something serious comes along. mentioned earlier,new vehicle , new guns, girlfriend, you get the idea. good luck with the problem.

 

[Crazy K38]

smitty,
i think you didn't start the training properly at the very beginning of the marraige. this should be a non-issue. it was stated previously, things happen,life goes on. let her abuse of you continue and it will be worse the next time something happens. if she holds that much hostility over a little tree, what will happen if something serious comes along. mentioned earlier,new vehicle , new guns, girlfriend, you get the idea. good luck with the problem.

agree with above said, I bought a truck without wifes consent, sure it only cost 200 but in my house 200 is a lot of cash, she was furious for all of 5 min, and then calmed down because she knew it really wasn't something to be so angry at, now she is looking forward to me hurting myself at get it running so we can take a ride

 

[Duster42]

Just remember woman have very long memories.
You will hear about this the rest of your life.Any time you have a disagreement it will always be brought up.

 

[Bullseye Smith]

Are you changing your name to "Bob-it" LOL.

 

[41]

Well if that tree was 3 years old and you didn't see it, that means that it was not very healthy or you have bad soil. So it didn't have much of a future.

I would wait till this fall and buy a nice replacement or maybe two if you have the space.

Arkansas Black

http://www.starkbros.com/access?action=product&productID=6449&collection=0

and a Golden Delicious, both dwarf trees.

http://www.starkbros.com/access?action=product&productID=9128&collection=0

That will be the best $50 you ever spent plus think of all those apple pies.

41

 

[VAdoublegunner]

Too late for you. And you deserve it!!

The correct response would have been at the moment she first came storming in ....."That %$#@ groundhog is back !?! I'll get him *this* time!" and then go storming outside with the necessary tool of your choice (instead of what may be your late, soon to be departed, tool of her choice) to dispatch said heinous creature that would cause her such distress.

Nevermind that said ephemeral groundhog would likely be witty enough to evade your efforts; you made a valiant try to redress this grievance against her. Defending her poor tree against the ravages of wild beasts would have curried unknown rewards and favors for you. Women love cavemen!

Oh well, too late for you, but a lesson learned for those more suited to survive. Darwinism at work, indeed.

 

[RDak]

Oh man, if you cut down one of my apple trees you'd be in more trouble than just the "silent treatment".

Seriously though, as has already been suggested, just go out and buy her a nice apple tree, transplant it properly and she'll get over it. (It's not too late to do that this season. But it is getting a little "late" to find one available at the nursery.)

ETA: Btw, seedling apples are very "iffy" and oftentimes do not turn out to be good apple producers, etc. (I know this because I've been growing fruit trees for about eight guzillion years now.)

(That's part of the problem with seedling trees. You never really know what pollinated that seed used for the seedling tree. Unless you had a controlled pollination procedure, it is a crap shoot at best. Most of the time, in fact, the vast majority of the time, the results are not nearly as good as planting a nursery grown and bred fruit tree IMHO. Seedling trees usually take much longer to come into bearing and grow quite large. Too large for a backyard gardener to really maintain IMHO. Buy a semi-dwarf or dwarf apple tree from the nursery for backyard purposes.)

PLUS, you have to have two different varieties for pollination purposes. So you HAVE TO have an another apple or crab apple tree fairly nearby for the tree to bear fruit.